jargon
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɑɹ.ɡən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡən
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”).
NounEdit
jargon (countable and uncountable, plural jargons)
- (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
- (countable) Language characteristic of a particular group.
- 2014, Ian Hodder, Archaeological Theory Today:
- In fact all the competing theories have developed their own specialized jargons and have a tendency to be difficult to penetrate.
- (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:
- A barbarous jargon.
SynonymsEdit
- (language characteristic of a group): argot, cant, intalk
- vernacular
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
jargon (third-person singular simple present jargons, present participle jargoning, simple past and past participle jargoned)
- To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Chapman and Hall Limited, OCLC 1026761782, (please specify the book number):
- Prussian Trenck […] jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner.
- 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn
- The noisy jay, / Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
jargon (plural jargons)
Further readingEdit
- Jargon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Jargon in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- "jargon" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 174.
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French jargon (“chatter, talk, language”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
jargon n (plural jargons, diminutive jargonnetje n)
- A jargon, specialised language
FinnishEdit
(index ja)
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
jargon
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of jargon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | jargon | jargonit | |
genitive | jargonin | jargonien | |
partitive | jargonia | jargoneja | |
illative | jargoniin | jargoneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | jargon | jargonit | |
accusative | nom. | jargon | jargonit |
gen. | jargonin | ||
genitive | jargonin | jargonien | |
partitive | jargonia | jargoneja | |
inessive | jargonissa | jargoneissa | |
elative | jargonista | jargoneista | |
illative | jargoniin | jargoneihin | |
adessive | jargonilla | jargoneilla | |
ablative | jargonilta | jargoneilta | |
allative | jargonille | jargoneille | |
essive | jargonina | jargoneina | |
translative | jargoniksi | jargoneiksi | |
instructive | — | jargonein | |
abessive | jargonitta | jargoneitta | |
comitative | — | jargoneineen |
Possessive forms of jargon (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | jargonini | jargonimme |
2nd person | jargonisi | jargoninne |
3rd person | jargoninsa |
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French jargon, gargun ("cheeping of birds"), from a root *garg expressing the sound of the throat or referring to it. See gargouille, gargariser, gargoter.
The initial /ʒ/ sound comes from a softening of /g/, as in jambe
NounEdit
jargon m (plural jargons)
- jargon, specialised or unintelligible language
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Italian giargone. Doublet of zircon.
NounEdit
jargon m (plural jargons)
- jargon, a zircon type
DescendantsEdit
- → Catalan: jargó
- → English: jargoon
- → German: Jargon
- → Greek: γιαρκόν (giarkón)
- → Russian: жарго́н (žargón)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: jergón
ReferencesEdit
“jargon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
jargon
- Alternative form of jargoun.
Old FrenchEdit
NounEdit
jargon m (oblique plural jargons, nominative singular jargons, nominative plural jargon)
DescendantsEdit
- French: jargon
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
jargon (definite accusative jargonu, plural jargonlar)
SynonymsEdit
VolapükEdit
NounEdit
jargon